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Fasso v. Doerr

Injury & Tort Law, Insurance Law
In a medical malpractice action, the dismissal of Intervenor-Insurer's equitable subrogation claim is reversed, where there was insurance coverage...

Johnson v. Washington

Injury & Tort Law, Property Law & Real Estate
In an action alleging violation of consumer protection laws based on the sale of Plaintiffs' home, summary judgment for Defendants is affirmed, where...

Wasserman v. Rodacker

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Government Law, Injury & Tort Law
In an action alleging false imprisonment by a police officer, summary judgment for Defendant is affirmed, where the U.S. properly substituted itself...

Alshafie v. Lallande

Civil Procedure, Injury & Tort Law, Professional Malpractice
In a legal malpractice action, trial court's dismissal for out-of-state plaintiff's failure to post an undertaking to secure an award of costs is...

Castro v. US

Civil Rights, Government Law, Immigration Law, Injury & Tort Law
In an action for wrongful deportation of Plaintiff's child, dismissal of the action for lack of jurisdiction is reversed, where the "discretionary...

Blanks v. Seyfarth Shaw

Civil Procedure, Contracts, Ethics & Professional Responsibility, Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law, Professional Malpractice
In a legal malpractice action brought by Billy Blanks, the developer of the "Tae Bo" fitness routine, a judgment in favor of plaintiff-Blanks is...

Everson v. Leis

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Injury & Tort Law
In a 42 U.S.C. section 1983 action based on Plaintiff's alleged mistreatment by police, the District Court's order reopening discovery is reversed,...

Brown v. US

Government Law, Injury & Tort Law, Public Utilities
In a negligence action against a public utility and the government, grant of summary judgment to defendants is affirmed where: 1) government had no...

Golden Years Homestead, Inc. v. Buckland

Civil Procedure, Constitutional Law, Elder Law, Health Law, Injury & Tort Law
In a suit by a nursing home operator against Indiana State Department of Health inspectors alleging violations of its Fourth and Fourteenth Amendment...

Matheny v. Ten. Valley Auth.

Admiralty, Injury & Tort Law
In an admiralty action arising out of a fatal boat collision, judgment for Plaintiff is reversed and remanded where the Limitation of Liability Act...